A reciprocity approach for calculating the far-field radiation patterns of a center-fed helical microstrip antenna mounted on a dielectric-coated circular cylinder

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1754-1762

  Martin, Rodney A ^b   Werner, Douglas H ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cylindrically conformal antennas; Helical microstrip antennas; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDRICAL ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HELICAL ANTENNAS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; OPTIMIZATION;

CYLINDRICALLY CONFORMAL ANTENNAS; FAR FIELD RADIATION PATTERNS; RECIPROCITY THEOREM;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 0035719355     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.982456     Document Type: Article

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